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CEO Sundar Pichai announced Monday that the company would devote 1 billion Australian dollars (about $736 million) to the country over the next five years. The funds will go, in part, toward launching the firm’s first research hub in Australia, as well as helping develop the nation’s cloud computing sector. Google (GOOGL) also plans to team up with an Australian government agency on scientific research, which will include projects on clean energy and protection of the Great Barrier Reef…. Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Friday, October 22, 2021 The Great Resignation gives way to the Dee Snider workforce “We’ve got the right to choose it There ain’t no way we’ll lose it This is our life, this is our song” —“We’re Not Gonna Take It,” Twisted Sister What to make of the labor market, where unfilled jobs are near a record high, unemployment claims hit yet… Source link

Google Maps has new features that should make it easier for users to see wildfires, tree canopy, and locations without formal addresses. It’s all aimed at helping communities be “safer, more sustainable, and discoverable,” according to the company. A new wildfire layer on Maps will begin rolling out globally this week, Google announced today. It’ll show most major fires, those prompting evacuations, across the world. Red splotches and pins on the layer will indicate where blazes… Source link

Investors are nibbling at Apple (AAPL) ahead of potentially big September. Apple shares were among the top trending tickers on the Yahoo Finance platform on Tuesday, notching a gain of about 2% by afternoon trading. The stock has rallied to the tune of 7% in the past month, almost double the Nasdaq Composite. Apple’s stock is the second-best performing member of the FAANG [Facebook (FB), Apple, Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Google (GOOG, GOOGL)] cohort in the last month, only lagging an… Source link

On Monday, the eve of ex-Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ criminal fraud trial, Yahoo Finance released a feature-length documentary delving into Silicon Valley’s influence on the entrepreneur and her failed blood-testing startup. The documentary, “Valley of Hype: The culture that built Elizabeth Holmes,” explores the unique role that Silicon Valley’s startup culture played in the rise and undoing of Holmes, who faces 20 years in prison for each count of wire fraud, if she’s convicted. That… Source link

On Wednesday, August 11th Samsung is expected to announce a couple new smartwatches: the widely rumored Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic. The company that has the most to gain — or lose — from the success of these watches isn’t Samsung, however, it’s Google. For many years now, I have decried the lack of good smartwatch options for Android phones. There’s nothing in the Android ecosystem that matches the quality and utility of the Apple Watch. As the pace of… Source link

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday held interest rates at near-zero, but hinted that the U.S. economic recovery is getting closer to a place where it may not need as much monetary support. The Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday kept its benchmark interest rate in the range of 0% to 0.25%, but provided an update on its December 2020 commitment to purchasing at least $120 billion a month in U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed securities until the recovery looked like it was making… Source link

As we approach the release of Google and Samsung’s joint smartwatch operating system later this year, Google today outlined some new Play Store improvements that will make it easier for customers to find and download apps to their Wear OS devices. The company is making it faster to search for smartwatch apps on your Android phone and instantly install them. There are new filters that are activated when you include “watch” or “watch face” in your Play Store search query. Based… Source link

Facebook and Instagram are making you poor, financial adviser says Keeping up with the Joneses in 2021 is next to impossible when the internet has made us all neighbors, and it’s putting a serious strain on our finances. More than a third of Americans admit social media has influenced their spending habits, according to a survey from Mint last year — even though 64% wonder how their friends can afford all the glamorous trips and cars they’re posting about online. Obviously, competing with… Source link

In a resounding bipartisan vote, the House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday making Juneteenth, the day commemorating the official end of slavery in the United States, a federal holiday.  The final vote on the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was 415-14, and the bill now heads to President Biden’s desk for signature into law.  “We cannot change the future if we do not recognize the past,” Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus said on the… Source link